In a statement, the NSCN (I-M) alleged that its rival faction had kidnapped two senior functionaries of its women’s wing along with the driver from Dimapur on Friday.
Two other senior members of the outfit were also abducted from the town on Tuesday, it said.
The NSCN (K) today said: “The four persons, including two women, were arrested not because of their individual crimes, but because they represented an institution which was responsible for the loss of many lives.”
It said if killings could serve any purpose, then the arrested “officials” would have met their end instantly.
The NSCN (K) said the period of detention of the NSCN (I-M) cadres was its prerogative.
Different Naga organisations have expressed surprise over the incidents saying the development “negated the significant progress achieved so far in the Naga reconciliation process initiated by churches and various social groups and tribal councils”.
The Naga Women Union Manipur has appealed for the immediate release of the abducted persons on humanitarian ground.
Expressing shock over the abductions, the Tangkhul Naga Long (Union) and the Tangkhul Katamnao Saklong appealed to those responsible for the act to release the detained persons unharmed.
The Forum for Naga Reconciliation, comprising churches and civil society organisations, recently held its fourth peace summit at Chiang Mai in Thailand.
The Telegraph